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Helene Auguste Bertha Helen Knack

Helene Auguste Bertha Helen Knack

Female 1887 -

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  1. 1.  Helene Auguste Bertha Helen KnackHelene Auguste Bertha Helen Knack was born on 10 Apr 1887 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Baptism: 8 May 1887, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA
    • Residence: 1900, Chicago Ward 15, Cook, Illinois, USA; 122 Coblenz Street; Apr 1886; age 14; seamstress
    • Residence: 1910, New Trier, Cook, Illinois, USA; Fair View Avenue; age 23; married 2 years;
    • Residence: 1920, Evanston Ward 6, Cook, Illinois, USA; 2610 Central Park Avenue; Renter; age 32
    • Residence: 1930, Evanston, Cook, Illinois, USA; 2708 Lincolnwood Drive; age 42; age at first marriage 20; Independent Laundress -- census
    • Informant on Death Certificate of Fred Gelis: 29 Mar 1930, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; as Mrs. Albert Procknow (or Prochnow); living at 2708 Lincoln Wood Drive (which is in Evanston, Illinois)
    • Residence: 29 Mar 1930, Evanston, Cook, Illinois, USA; living at 2708 Lincoln Wood Drive (which is in Evanston, Illinois) -- informant at death of Fred Gelis
    • Residence: 19 Aug 1930, Evanston, Cook, Illinois, USA; 2708 Lincolnwood Drive -- at time of probate of estate of Frederick Gelis
    • Informant on Death Certificate of Caroline Gelis: 15 Nov 1934, Evanston, Cook, Illinois, USA; as Mrs. Helen Procknow (or Procknow); living at Evanston, Illinois
    • Residence: 15 Nov 1934, Evanston, Cook, Illinois, USA; informant on death of Caroline Gelis at Helen's home in Evanston (2708 Lincoln Wood Drive)

    Notes:

    Birth:
    Third child of her mother; 68 N. Reynolds St. -- She was born Helen Knack, but she was called Helen Gelis after her mother remarried to Fred Gelis.

    Baptism:
    First Bethlehem Lutheran Church on LeMoyne Ave

    Helene married Albert Prochnow on 24 Aug 1907 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA. Albert (son of father of John and Albert and Anna Prochnow and mother of John and Albert and Anna Prochnow) was born in Jun 1880 in Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Living Prochnow  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 3. Living Prochnow  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 4. Living Prochnow  Descendancy chart to this point
    4. 5. - stillborn - Prochnow  Descendancy chart to this point was born before 1 Mar 1908 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; died before 1 Mar 1908 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; was buried on 1 Mar 1908 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA.
    5. 6. Raymond Albert Fridrich Prochnow  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 2 Jul 1909 in Wilmette, Cook, Illinois, USA; died in Aug 1966.
    6. 7. Milbert Samuel Prochnow  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 13 Apr 1913 in Wilmette, Cook, Illinois, USA; died on 6 Dec 1963.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Living Prochnow Descendancy chart to this point (1.Helene1)

  2. 3.  Living Prochnow Descendancy chart to this point (1.Helene1)

  3. 4.  Living Prochnow Descendancy chart to this point (1.Helene1)

  4. 5.  - stillborn - Prochnow- stillborn - Prochnow Descendancy chart to this point (1.Helene1) was born before 1 Mar 1908 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; died before 1 Mar 1908 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; was buried on 1 Mar 1908 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA.

    Notes:

    Birth:
    Stillborn

    Buried:
    Concordia Cemetery (not actually in Chicago) Section 5 Lot 698


  5. 6.  Raymond Albert Fridrich Prochnow Descendancy chart to this point (1.Helene1) was born on 2 Jul 1909 in Wilmette, Cook, Illinois, USA; died in Aug 1966.

    Other Events:

    • Residence: 1910, New Trier, Cook, Illinois, USA
    • Residence: 1920, Evanston Ward 6, Cook, Illinois, USA; 2610 Central Park Avenue; Renter; age 10; attended school within year
    • Residence: 1930, Evanston, Cook, Illinois, USA; 2708 Lincolnwood Drive; age 20; Truck Driver for Retail Department Store


  6. 7.  Milbert Samuel ProchnowMilbert Samuel Prochnow Descendancy chart to this point (1.Helene1) was born on 13 Apr 1913 in Wilmette, Cook, Illinois, USA; died on 6 Dec 1963.

    Other Events:

    • Residence: 1920, Evanston Ward 6, Cook, Illinois, USA; 2610 Central Park Avenue; Renter; age 6; did not attend school within year
    • Residence: 1930, Evanston, Cook, Illinois, USA; 2708 Lincolnwood Drive; age 16; attending school
    • Arrival: 28 Sep 1945, New York, New York; Return from ETO on Queen Mary, staging from Camp Lucky Strike [St Valery-en-Caux, France] as member of Company E, 254th Inf Regt [63rd Inf Div]; Rank: Pfc; ASR Score: 93; ASN 36029077; MOS 521 [Basic]
    • Residence: 31 Jan 1946, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; Post-WWII Enlistment for Hawaiian Department

    Notes:

    Birth:
    second child of mother -- see images in Media Gallery